David Obey: “I most certainly am. I am not opposed to the defense portion of this…”

On the recordDecember 18, 2005

I most certainly am. I am not opposed to the defense portion of this budget, but I am opposed to the other provisions that I described earlier. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. OBEY moves to recommit the conference report H. Rpt. 109-359 to the conference with instructions to the managers on the part of the House not to include Chapter 8 of Title III of Division B. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the noes appeared to have it. Recorded Vote

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Wisconsin

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